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Here are the 2017 Iris Marion Young Award for Community Engagement winners
The award annually recognizes Pitt faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and staff members for their work to advance social causes in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
2 Pitt graduate students were awarded Fulbright research grants
Emilie Rose Coakley is going to Indonesia, and Trevor Thomas Wilson will study in Russia.
Pitt Business broke into the top 15 in Poets & Quants' ranking of public universities
The College of Business Administration leaped 14 spots in the ranking.
4 alumni were awarded 2017-18 Fulbright English Teaching Assistant grants
The Class of 2017 graduates are heading to Jordan, South Korea and Russia.
4 Pitt alumni were named Fulbright English Teaching Assistants to Brazil
John McGovern, Daniel Snyder, Sophia Winston and Benjamin Zhu will head to Brazil in January 2018.
Pitt alumnus Bryan S. Wright was nominated for a Grammy Award
The Pitt instructor is recognized for his liner notes accompanying "The Complete Piano Works of Scott Joplin."
Kenyon Bonner was named one of the New Pittsburgh Courier's Men of Excellence
The University's vice provost and dean of students joins a group of more than 500 local African American men who have inspired and encouraged their communities to excel.
Alison Slinskey Legg was awarded an NSF grant to help steer underrepresented groups toward STEM education
The senior lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences will collaborate with 10 investigators from five Pitt schools.
Joanna Rivero earned a scholarship from the Universities Space Research Association
The senior in the Swanson School of Engineering is one of six scholars nationwide to receive the annual award.
The National Science Foundation will fund a Pitt study to develop a novel 3D printing method
If successful, this study could lead to efficient production of magnetic actuators, used in power generation and items like sensors, robotics and mechanical devices.
4 Pitt teams received National Institutes of Health BRAIN grants
The initiative aims to provide greater understanding of brain disorders like Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder.
3 Pitt professors were named American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows
Among this year's 396 honored researchers are Karen M. Arndt, Rory Cooper and Chandralakha Singh.
The Office of Child Development won Pitt's 2017 UPSIDE Award
The School of Education program works to develop resources to improve the lives of children and families in key areas.
Nurses were honored at Pitt's annual Cameos of Caring gala
The awards celebrate the profession and recognize the work of nurses who make an impact every day in their local hospitals and communities.
Diego Chaves-Gnecco was recognized by the American Academy of Pediatrics
The F. Edwards Rushton CATCH Award honors pediatricians who collaborate within their communities to increase children’s access to health care.
Lacey Heinsberg is the first student to receive the International Society of Nurses in Genetics President's Award
The Pitt predoctoral candidate was recognized for her service and dedication to the society as the inaugural student representative on its board of directors.
Robert Parker earned the 2017 Swanson School of Engineering Board of Visitors Award
The professor and vice chair for graduate education in Pitt's Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering was recognized for excellence in teaching, research and service.
Daniel Balderston received an international recognition
The Academia Argentina de Letras named the Pitt faculty member a corresponding academic for his work as a diffuser of Argentine literature in the U.S.
Cheryl Tingley received a Pitt-Bradford social work alumni award
Her nominator says Tingley “has raised the expectations of those she surrounds herself with to be informed and to make a difference.”
Chengcheng Huang earned a selective Swartz Foundation Fellowship
The postdoctoral research associate in Pitt's Department of Mathematics is one of just two individuals in the U.S. to receive the $200,000 award.
